Quit Smoking By Sticking A Needle In Your Ear Chinese Medicine Makes It Possible

Have you ever wondered why so many youngsters these days seem to have more than enough piercing on and around their ears to hold up your average household shower-curtain? A tongue in check response may claim that they are trying to kick the tobacco habit or stop chewing gum!

Seriously though, the fact that manipulations of the ear's pressure points may lead to desirable health effects is not a new finding. In Chinese medicine there are many references to emperors who chose to wear heavy gold earrings in the hopes of curing a vision problem Acupuncture of the ear is also a rather common practice in this form of medical practice. It is termed auriculotherapy and a practitioner who specializes in this form of acupuncture is known as an auriculotherapist.

Practitioners point out that the ears are the location for a large number of nerve endings which, when directly manipulated, will affect the eyes, the centers of the brain directing the ability to relax and even sleep, and amazingly seem to be directly related to the stimuli areas that are intricately connected to addictive behavior. To this end, to many smokers who were unable to kick the habit with the gum, patch, support program or any other methodology, acupuncture needles used on the ears are often a last ditch approach – one which yields amazing results! In some cases auriculotherapy has also been used to help drug and alcohol addicts, and at this point in time there is experimentation to see if food addiction may be treated as well in this manner.

Whenever you undergo any form of acupuncture, and most certainly auriculotherapy, the practitioner you choose must be a well trained, certified or certificated (depending on your municipal laws), and experienced therapist. Make sure the practitioner takes a good look at your ears first, preferably under a high powered light with a magnifying glass, to ensure that there are no lesions and other irregularities which may be points of possible infection.

One word of caution: do not undergo any form of acupuncture, but most certainly not auriculotherapy, if you are pregnant. There is a great risk of adversely affecting your uterus to such an extent that it may spontaneously abort your child because of the muscle relaxation stimuli it receives.

In addition to the foregoing, be aware of the feelings and sensations you are encountering; a bit of discomfort is normal, but if you feel cramping, profuse sweating, suddenly find that you are becoming dizzy, and various other adverse reactions are taking place, you must inform the practitioner immediately and stop the treatment. Erroneously informed individuals have claimed in the past that this is just the toxins in your body being released, when in reality it is a sign that the needles were inserted too deeply or in the wrong spots! Toxins are flushed out of your body by drinking water and also taking cleansing herbal supplements, not by becoming dizzy or experiencing pain and suffering during the treatment of your ears.

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